Land concentration and land grabbing have been a reality for many years in Europe. In fact, in the 27-member EU, only 3% of farms already controlled 50% of the land used for farming purposes. This paper investigates the dynamics of land concentration in Italy using the Italian Farm Accountancy...

Agriculture is one of the sectors most exposed to a plethora of risky phenomena such as weather, pests and diseases, changes in prices and government policies, instability of global markets. We review the literature on risk management (RM) in agriculture focusing on five key issues: i) why...

The Income Stabilization Tool, a risk management scheme introduced within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014-2020, could help European Union farmers manage the income risks they face. This study assesses the potential impact of implementing this tool through the maximum level of...

Recent literature reviews of empirical models optimizing long-term investments in agriculture see gaps with regard to (i) separating investment and financing decisions, (ii) considering explicitly risk and temporal flexibility, and (iii) accounting for farm-level resource endowments and other...

The Italian legislator has adopted several instruments to discourage undeclared work and exploitative labour in agriculture, mostly of a penal-repressive nature. Among the direct and indirect policy measures, the 'Quality Agricultural Work Network' represents an interesting approach to producing...

A large amount of policy support is spent to foster the development of rural areas in Europe. However, empirical evidence on the well-being differential between rural and urban areas in Europe is scant and incomplete. The present study develops a systematic literature review on this topic,...